Clothes-wringer.



P. H. SCHENDLER.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION HLED FEB. 5.1917- 1,230,22, Patented June 19, 1917.

PAUL H. soHE NnLER, or ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June as, ism.

Application filed February 5, 1917. Serial No. 146,657.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL H. SCHENDLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olothes-Wringers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of. this specification.

My invention relates to clothes wringers and has for its object the provision of mechanism adapted to feed a piece of clothing or other fabric to the press-rolls of a wringer,

so as to render it unnecessary for a person to use the hand for that purpose, thus removing the danger of getting the fingers caught between the press-rolls. This is especially to be desired when the clothes wringer is power-operated. 1

The features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and pointed out and are illustrated in the following drawings, in which Figure 1, is a front elevation of a clothes wringer with my invention in place thereon.

Fig. 2, is a view of one end thereof.

Fig. 3, is a vertical section thereof on the line ww looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1.

In these drawings A A, are the end posts of a wringer frame, and A A the top and bottom bars which connect the same. B in .dicates the lower press-roll and B indicates.

the upper press-roll which is provided with the usual springs C which can be regulated by means ofathe thumb-screws C C in the usual manner; in fact all parts of the clothes wringer are of usual and ordinary construction.

Upon the upper portion of the end-posts A A I place stud-pins D D upon which are pivoted straps E E,.and secured to the lower ends of said straps is a plate F, the inner edge of which projects inwardly between the end posts A A, as shown in Fig. 3. The plate F is provided, at its outer edge, with a longitudinal roller F which is pivoted between down-turned ears f f on the plate F; the outer edge of said plate being cut away so as to receive said roller, as shown in Fig. 1.

Secured upon the shaft B of the lower press-roll B is" an eccentric G upon which is mounted ring G, which is provided with an arm or bar G which extends forwardly, and is pivoted to one of the straps E by means of a pivot-pin 6. Upon the opposite end of the shaft B I place a crank-disk II which is provided with a crank-pin h as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the crank-pin h I place a pitman H which extends and is pivoted to the other strap E so that when the shaft B is operated to rotate the pressroll B the plate F will reciprocate toward and away from the press-rolls B and B as indicated by broken lines in Figs. 2 and 3. While I have shown and described means on both ends of the shaft B for causing the plate F to reciprocate, as described, one or the other of said means may be dispensed with, as it may be desired; and while I have shown the plate F as suspended upon straps, it is evident that other means of supporting the plate F may be found, and the pitman H and eccentric strap pivoted directly to the plate F, all without departing from the scope of my invention.

In operation the press-rolls-B and B are caused to revolve, which causes the plate F to reciprocate as hereinbefore described; and a piece offabric is inserted between the inner edge of the plate F, when the same has been moved away' from said press-rolls,

after which the inward movement of the plate F will carrythe fabric to themeeting point of the two press-rolls so that it will be caught therebetween and carried through in the usual manner. Each movement of the plate F away from the rolls acts to spread out the fabric so that it will not pass between the rolls unevenly, and as the plate F moves toward the rolls with a speed equal to the speed of the surface of the rolls, the fabric will not be bunched against the rolls by the plate. 1

Having thus fully described my invention so as to enable others to construct and utilize the same, I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction of mechanism hereinbefore shown and described as suitable for embodying the same, as it is obvious that many modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of my invention.

Therefore what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described,

a clothes wringer, a plate adapted to reciprocate adjacent to the intake side thereof, and means operated by the shaft of one of the wringer rolls to cause said plate to reciprocate, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a pair of press-rolls, a reciprocating member adjacent to the intake side of said rolls, and means secured upon the axis of one of said rolls to cause said member to reciprocate toward and away from said rolls, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a clothes wringer, press-rolls therein, a reciprocating member supported upon the frame of said wringer adjacent to the intake side of said rolls, and crank and pitman mechanism secured upon the axis of one of said rolls adapted to cause said member to reciprocate toward and away from said rolls, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus of the classdescribed, a pair of press-rolls, a reciprocating member adjacent to the intake side of said rolls,

a roller mounted in the outer edge of said member, and means to cause said member to reciprocate toward and away from said rolls, substantially as described. 7

5. In an apparatus of the class described, a clothes Wringer frame, press rolls mounted therein, a reciprocating member supported on said wringer frame adjacent to the intake side of said rolls, and means adapted to operate in unison with one of said rolls to cause said member to reciprocate, substantially as set forth.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, a clothes wringer, press-rolls mounted thereon, pivot-pins secured upon the end posts of said frame, straps pivoted upon said pins, a plate secured between the free ends of said straps, eccentric mechanism mounted upon the axis of one of said rolls, and engaging said plate, whereby said plate Will be caused to reciprocate inwardly toward the meeting point of said press-rolls and therefrom, during the operation of said rolls, substantially as and for the, purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PAUL H. SCIIENDLER. 

